2019 CDB Spring Symposium
Evolutionary Cell Biology
13th Annual Cell & Developmental Biology Symposium
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
A symposium in honor of Professor Zac Cande's contributions to our understanding of the evolution of cell division mechanisms, and in particular to the behavior of chromosomes and the cytoskeleton during mitosis and meiosis. |
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Thursday, March 28, 2019
9:30 am — 5:30 pm
125 Li Ka Shing Center
(UCB Campus)
There is no cost to attend but space is limited.
Click Here to Register by March 11, 2019
List of Invited Speakers
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Scott Dawson, University of California, Davis Disc-o-fever: getting down with the structure, function and evolution of Giardia’s groovy ventral disc |
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Abby Dernburg, University of California, Berkeley Counting to One: Patterning of meiotic recombination by a reaction-diffusion mechanism |
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Lillian Fritz-Laylin, University of Massachusetts Amherst The frog-killing chytrid fungus is a naked amoeba that can build a cell wall |
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Kelly Dawe, University of Georgia The molecular mechanism of meiotic drive in maize |
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Nicole King, University of California, Berkeley Flipping out with a tide pool choanoflagellate |
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Alex Paredez, University of Washington Cytoskeletal innovations for sticking around |
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Linda Wordeman, University of Washington Microtubule dynamics and chromosome segregation |
Faculty Co-Chairs
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Download the Symposium Flyer PDF
For questions contact Deby Johns at 510-643-5524, djohns@berkeley.edu